supposing i dreamed this)

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supposing i dreamed this)
only imagine,when day has thrilled
you are a house around which
i am a wind-

your walls will not reckon how
strangely my life is curved
since the best he can do
is to peer through windows,unobserved

-listen,for(out of all
things)dream is noone’s fool;
if this wind who i am prowls
carefully around this house of you

love being such,or such,
the normal corners of your heart
will never guess how much
my wonderful jealousy is dark

if light should flower:
or laughing sparkle from
the shut house(around and around
which a poor wind will roam


–E. E. Cummings 

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rest awhile

 

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Rest awhile. 

Your unrest is the last cramp in your legs
as you climb this mountain. Rest awhile, if you like.

But do not return to your old house.
It is not your home any longer.


—Shyamananda

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Taking Care of Anger | Thich Nhat Hanh (short teaching video)

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What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?

I think it is the hope of loving,

or being loved.

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey 

to find its source, and how the moon wept

without her lover's 

warm gaze.

We weep when light does not reach our hearts, We wither

like fields if someone close

does not rain their

kindness

upon 

us.

—Meister Eckhart

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Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening —Mirabai

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There is a profound ground of unity that is more pertinent and authentic than all the unilateral dimensions of our lives. This we discover when we keep open the door of our heart. 

This is one’s ultimate responsibility, and it is not dependent upon whether the heart of another is kept open for us.

—Howard Thurman

Stay Open

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The heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking
it is necessary to go through
dark and deeper dark
and not to turn 

—Stanley Kunitz

The Testing Tree

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wait - what ?

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